Patrick Kaczmarczyk
Doctoral Researcher, Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute
A sputtering car goes into reverse: The German recession and its consequences
Heiner Flassbeck & Patrick Kaczmarczyk - 17 September 2019Amidst global political and economic fragility, the downturn in the Germany economy adds to the uncertainty in a world that, as Paul Krugman put it, has a “Germany problem”. It raises questions over the future of the largest European economy, and of the Eurozone and Europe as a whole.
Economic development in Palestine and beyond
Patrick Kaczmarczyk - 13 March 2019Successful economic development in Palestine will require an adequate theory of development, industrial policy, and institutional reforms
Germany’s non-rebalancing of its mercantilist model
Patrick Kaczmarczyk - 12 November 2018Contrary to recent claims that Germany has ‘quietly rebalanced’ its economy since the Eurozone crisis began, when German policy is viewed from a more long-term perspective, there has been little in the way of meaningful rebalancing
The UK, EU and the distance effect on trade
Patrick Kaczmarczyk - 20 February 2018Despite the notion of hyper-globalisation, most trade happens with countries in close geographic proximity. Tendencies towards regionalisation and the UK’s strong dependence on EU imports seem to have been forgotten in the Brexit debate
Competition without competitors?
Patrick Kaczmarczyk - 10 November 2017Coordinated policy actions are needed to tame dominant corporate power and rent-seeking